This thread is being continued from the Larry Grace thread so as not to hijack Larry's thread.
I would like to get some opinions other than my own as what you think would work well trying to get patterns in different colors. I will be working with these a lot this coming bloom season because I have several things that I think the eye will be easy to break up. I may be completely out of the ball park so any thoughts you have are welcome.
The type of eye to start with is the first thing I believe you need to know, one that's easy to break up and what your going to use as the pollen to break it up to get the results your looking for. We know that most patterns came from converted dips mostly from E Salter and J Carpenter. I think this is the the reason that most patterns have the same basic colors with the exception of "Heather Grace" and maybe a few others I haven't seen. I want to create something with a totally different look as anyone who hybirdizes wants to do.
One flower I will use this coming season will be my own "Lillian's Alabama Sunrise" and some of its seedlings because I think the faint eye will be easy to break up. Now I have to determine which pollen to use with it to keep the same basic color and also break the eye into a patteren. Some of the seedlings are only one generation away if I use the right pollen.
This seedling is from (LAS x Coach's Hot Lips)
My thinking is that these type eyes will be easy to add different rings of color because there already starting to break. I have several more seedlings with this type eye so I have plenty to work with. I will cross some of seedlings and have to choose a pollen parent out of my line to work with before next spring. Any ideas are welcome, could be something I haven't considered and save me several years of work.
My thinking is that these type eyes will be easy to add different rings of color because there already starting to break. I have several more seedlings with this type eye so I have plenty to work with. I will cross some of seedlings and have to choose a pollen parent out of my line to work with before next spring. Any ideas are welcome, could be something I haven't considered and save me several years of work.
